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BOTTLE CARRIER N v z s .t R mum h 5 v, M 1 mm m a N5 n m M A S M 0 K v v B 5 5 9 ,1 1 2 m D d m i F United States Patent f BOTTLE GARRIER mas J- Bowen and- Robe t M! o ng, d Ohio, assiglwrs o Owens-Ill nois. Glass Cnmpany, a p tion of Ohio Application December 21, 1953, Serial No. 399,295 2. Claims. (CL. 22.0-e1 15) Qur invention relates to carriers for bottles or other articles and provides a foldable or callapsible type of carrier provided with partition strips by which the carrier is divided into a plurality of individual cells or compartments for the articles. The carrier is made of stiff sheet material such as paperboard, fiberboard, corrugated paper and the like. The body portion of the carrier is formed from, a blank having flexible fold lines or score lines at which it is folded. A cross partition strip or strips divide. the carrier into compartmentsor cells. The blank from which the body of the carrier is formed includes extension strips which form the bottom panels and partition panels which extend upwardly from the bottom of the carrier and form a central or medial partition extending the full length of the carrier andwhich also provides a handle for the carrier. The construction is such that as the body of the carrier is collapsed, the bottom panels fold upwardly carrying the partition upward. The construction permits the cross partition strips to be assembled with the medial partition through the open upper end of the carrier, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of a blank foldable to form the carrier;

Fig. 2 is a view of a blank foldable to form cross partitions adapted to be assembled with set up carrier;

Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of blank for forming a double walled cross partition strip;

Fig. 4 shows the blank of Fig. 3 partly folded;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the carrier formed from the blanks shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective and partition strips with an inclined position;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the partition blank of Fig. 2 folded for assembly with the carrier; and

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the carrier shown in Fig. 5, with the carrier partially collapsed.

Referring to Fig. 1 the blank from which the carrier is formed, and which may consist of corrugated paperboard or other stilf sheet material, is provided with flexible fold lines or score lines illustrated by the dotted lines. The blank includes a rectangular portion, one edge 10 of which forms the upper edge of the carrier body. Fold lines 11, 12, 13, 14 and define the vertical edges or meeting lines of the body panels. These include panels 16 and 17 forming the front and rear panels, and end panels 8 and 9 foldable at the fold lines 12 and 15, the end panel 8 extending from the line 11 to line 13 and the panel 9 extending from the line 14 to the end of the blank.

Extensions 20, united or hinged to the front and rear body panels at the score lines 21 and 22, form the bottom panels 25, 26 and partition panels 27 which, in the set up carrier, rise from the bottom panels and form a at the line 6-6 on view of the assembled carrier the central partition panel in i is extended through the opening Patented Nov. 12, 1957 r5 ce double walled partition extending the length of the carrier, preferably mid-way between the front and rear panels 16 and 17'. These extensions 20 are provided with fold lines 23. and 24 parallel with the fold lines. 21, 22 thereby dividing the extensions 20 into the bottom panels 25 and 26, which in the set up carrier are horizontal, and the verticalpanels 27 which are juxtaposed to form the double walled partition.

The. partition panels are extended upwardly above the carrier to provide a: carrying handle. One of the panels 27 is formed. with a hand hole 30 and the other is cut at the line 3.1 to provide. a flap 32 corresponding in size.

and shape to the hole 30 and connected to the panel by a foldline 33. When the carrier is set up, the flap 32 30' and folded upwardly to lock the panels together and form a handle.

The partition panels 27 are formed with slits 34 to receive the cross partitions 35 which may be formed from the blank shown in Fig. 2, the blank being folded at the score lines 36. to bring the partition strips parallel as. in Fig. 8. The partition strips are connected by an intermediate panel op strip3f7 which is equal in width to the spacing between the slits 34. The upper edges 38 of the cross panels 35 are curved in an are having a radius preferably substantially equal to the length of the slits 34 or the height to which the slits extend above the floor of the carrier. The edges 38 are formed with central notches 39.

When the blank (Fig. 1) is folded for setting up the carrier the ends of the blank are held together by a flexible strip 40 (Fig. 7) glued or adhered thereto. The

extensions 20 are folded or turned upwardly between the front and rear panels 16, 17, brought into juxtaposition and secured together by the handle flap 32. The central partition may be swung to one side as shown in Fig. 7. This permits the cross partition strips 35 to be assembled with the carrier by inserting said strips downwardly through the open top of the carrier and through the slits 34 as indicated in Fig. 7, with the connecting panel 37 bearing against the inner face of the front wall panel 16. The partition 27 may now its central upright position at which it drops into position to interlock the slits 34 and notches 39, the bottom panels 25, 26 at the same time being moved downwardly to a horizontal position. The hinge connection of the bottom panels 25, 26 to the partition panel and also to the front and rear body panels, permits the slight upward movement of the partition panel during the assembling therewith of the cross partition strips. The carrier as thus set up provides six separate rectangular cells or compartments adapted to receive a like number of bottles or other articles.

The carrier is collapsible to a folded position without disassembling or removing the partitions. Fig. 9 shows the carrier partially collapsed. The end walls fold outwardly as indicated and the cross partition strips 35 are moved to positions substantially parallel with the central partition when the carrier is completely collapsed.

Fig. 3 illustrates a blank 42 which is foldable at the fold line 43 to form a two-ply or double walled cross partition panel which may have the same outline as the panels 35. With this form of cross partition the number of cells or compartments in the set up carrier may be varied as desired in multiples of two by increasing or decreasing the number of cross partitions and slits and the length of the carrier. The partitions 42 may have a snug fit within the slits 34 for holding them in their doubled position.

Modifications may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of our invention.

We claim:

1. A plural cell carrier formed of sheet material and be swung upwardly to.

,5 comprising a rectangular body including upright front, rear and end panels, a bottom wall comprising bottom panels hinged to the lower edges of the front and rear panels, partition panels hinged to the bottom panels and extending upwardly therefrom in juxtaposition and forming a medial partition dividing the carrier into front and rear compartments, said partition being extended upwardly above the body of the carrier and comprising means forming a handle for the carrier, an upright cross partition intermediate the ends of the carrier and extending substantially the full width of the carrier with the ends of the cross partition abutting the inner surfaces of the front and rear panels, and the bottom edge of the cross partition abutting the upper surfaces of said bottom panels, the medial partition being formed with a slot through which the cross partition extends, the slot in the medial partition extending from the bottom panels upwardly substantially the full height and depth of the cross partition, the upper edge of the cross partition being curved on an arc struck from the hinge of the medial partition at a radius substantially equal to the length of the slot in medial partition, and thereby permitting swinging movement of the medial partition relative to the cross partition to and from an upright said medial partition in position, the cross partition having an interlocking connection with the said medial partition.

2. The article defined in claim 1, the cross partition being formed with a notch in its upper edge engaging the medial partition at the upper end of the slot when the medial partition is in its upright position and thereby forming said interlocking connection and locking the upright, position.

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